Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-06
Purifies the Blood

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political and non-partisan issue. Hsk can
not be said that the measure is a Sson-
political one, but in its presentsstatus, "a
IS certainly 2 non-partisaR ,ssne. II is
political, from the fact shat it csnnotylye
separated from the administration of 0nr
civil or political governments In IS
relation to the public taoed and
welfare of the COMMONWEALTH, and
III so far as It's Treatment wi
relate IN crest extent $A@ thy
management snd regulation Eok the
resources, prOductivsssSi2eu and
finances of the county, sszzsg 2
amendment political sSg1ifiossc6s Bus
II Is one OF those questions, oEahe. bod E
polite, which has more to do R5kh its
social and moral features than EsEA. its
fiscal, financial and commercial PEI a s8sshss.
that is, the moral importance 81 theslues-
ton is paramount to lis pRBiev ge
or any political issue inva}rad. Demoe5.
racy, through its daily constituted
authority has thus spoken, and Hae
friends of the amendment have acceptea
the issue III accordance herewith.
i Bowie Cross Timbers.
The &ntl-Pr0hibitiOnists of San Antonio
have put themselves into harness, and
Will be heard from along the trail between
now and next August. Southern Texas
IS more than safe for antI-pTObibition, but
1t will take large majority to oFsrcoRIa
the vote for prohibition that North Texas
fanatics will roll up. ProhibitiQA VII
set back this state for years. SsR$Aa-
tonic Light. e
The AIvarado Bulletin is right IN th8
following: San the declarations in GBe
world Will not aake a noh-paaiacal qaesg.
ton. Prohibition is non-paEsisan, basslS
is political all the same. '"sasTt is a com
mon error to use the word "pOlftcaI'S
Tor partisan" Everything that pe9-
tains to the government of
state is political, but rot
necessarily partissn-that, is, net a&ect-
ing the principles of the perma17n tpO-
htical parties. Indistinctness%f i'd the Bse
OF terms always leads to ambiguity. &sE-
fore one afirms or denies e proposition
he should know the meaning of the terms
used. "Half the perpleXities of men,
says the Duke Of Argyle, "are traceable
to obscuritY of thought, hiding and
breeding under the obscurity of Ian
guage We once heard a man de-
nouncing prohibition N bitter terms
because, he said, it is sumptuary. On
being asked the meaning of the word
it appeared that he did not
know, but having been told that sump-
tuary laws were very bad, and that PROM
bition was sumptuary law, there was no
escape from the conclusion that prohibi-
ton was very bad. His syllogism was
correct and ne could not understand why
it did not convince every unbiased mind. /
Il Sulphur Springs Enterprise.
Rev. ReasOner is an ex-Repu5lican mem !
Der or the Kansas Legislature. That's the /
Reason we object to his sort taking stock /
n this campaign. The thing looks too .
Franklin Paper.
What about Arch Cochran, late nOmi- |
1ee OF the Republican party for Governor,
Jimmy Newcom5, Secretary Of State IN
Ter E. j. Davis, and B. Rush Plumby, |
noted radical of Galveston, going to bed |
with the "True Biues?" Which looks |
ne most ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Hes
)erian.
y.
The Democrat who is trying todSi{ge
IN the prohibition question should red
member that Democratic Legis atuEais
for the proposed constiSas &
ional amendment, and that Democrgtic r
tate convention gave it eucsRza &c uent.
Should it pass it will be diafcuiS kaTnake
he German citizens of Texts beIigvas5hat
Democracy is not responsible tof it. fas.s,
see it in this fsht, hence are
ncouraging prohibition, hoping it will
rove the battering-ram to break down
he big Democratic majority in Texas
Corpus Christi Caller.
The most amusiL.; circumstance Of the
rohlbition contest t1qs far is that of
'srneY Gibbs teaching such men as
1aXey, Reagan ct al correct principles ,
f Jefersonian Democracy. Barney is
heck or he is nothing Guard.
As far as noticed the press of the state /
as indicated its position as follows:
FOR PROHIBITION.
bilens Reporter, Hamilton Herald, /
bilene News, Henderson News, :
lbany News, Honey Grove Citizen, I
nderson Herald, Honey Grove Herald,
Iyarado Signal. Henrietta Enterprise,
nson Voice, Hons n Nat. Retormer, ;
nsOn Western, Hico Courier,
rlington World, johnson City Echo,
tlanta Journal, Jefferson News. le
uro a News, Jefferson Jimplecute, :
lVOrd Budget, JacksbOro Gazette. .
thens Review. Kingston Chronicle,
allinger Leader, Killeen Banner, S
arid Clarendon, Klsse CyIone, Z
elton Reporter, kaufman sun, .
lance News, Kerrville Eye,
onhan News, Lampssls dispatch,
onham Messenger Lampasas News, i
OWE Sunbeam. Lufkm Clarion, =
Texian, Linuen sun,
RYAN BLADE, Lone Oak Cali,
urnet Bulletin, LOckhars Register,
lack Ja"k Post, Mason News, 81 !
ossom Prairie Bee, Mt Pleasant Times,
Bulletin, Marshall Messenger, 1
-ady entinei. Meridian Citizen, {
,merJn Herald, Mineral Wells Crystal, r
an e. N Democrat, Mineola Monitor,
ado Mills Gazette McGregor Plalndealer, I
anton 7 Iephone, Moscow Pinery, o
SEQ r ,unC-Up Montague Northwest, .
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